When their noses aren't stuck in human anatomy books, Pacific University's first year physical therapy doctorate students know how to party.

But instead of getting dirty, they get nerdy.

The group of about 40 students appear in a new YouTube video singing the praises of the C6, a spinal cord nerve that allows you to flex your biceps muscle.

In the video, first year students Brett Bousquet (in plaid) and Evan Hiles (in green) wear baggy clothes and baseball caps as they spit nerdified lyrics to Far East Movement's hit "Like a G6."

Dozens of classmates appear as backup dancers who shimmy on crutches, apply ice packs to their backs, perform medical stretches and -- of course -- pore through science books.

The video was an inventive result of an annual tradition among the doctorate students in Pacific's physical therapy program. Each class in the three-year program creates a video to be shown at a holiday party. It's a chance to entertain their professors and show off the concepts they learned during the semester.

Bousquet dreamed up the music video after "Like a G6" played on the radio while he and some classmates drove home from intramural soccer.

"I fell asleep one night and was thinking 'like a G6' is similar to 'like a C6,' one of our spinal root nerves," Bousquet said. "It just kind of blossomed from there."

Bousquet and a few friends wrote the modified lyrics (Lyrics to Like a C6 for non students.doc) over a couple of lunch breaks. A choreographer classmate planned the dance moves and her boyfriend produced the video.

"It was a minor project that turned out to be a little more than we probably expected," Bousquet said.

The Far East Movement's song is an ode to drinking in the club and "feelin' so fly" like a G6 -- a Gulfstream G650 luxury business jet.

The students' version makes no reference to booze or fly rides, but it does mention scalpels, ultrasounds and cold compresses.

The most oft-repeated line: "Now I'm flexin' my guns like a C6."

Bousquet said he sent the video to acquaintances in the medical field and shows it off to friends whenever the chance arises. But he won't be swapping his scalpel for a microphone anytime soon.

"I'm nowhere near close to any sort of a rapper, and don't have any aspiration of being one," he said.

Bousquet said the group is already planning "something gangster" for the next holiday party.